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DETECTIVE MOXLEY, Part 2: “Everybody’s Sorry”

Friday, January 9, 2015
By Phil Elmore
DETECTIVE MOXLEY, Part 2: “Everybody’s Sorry”

Moxley sat in a robot diner on Wernerplasse, rolling a flavored vapor tube from one corner of his mouth to the other. Before him on the table lay a pocket tab. He was using it to scroll through surveillance feeds. It made no sense. He simply could not wrap his brain around it. Ray... »

DETECTIVE MOXLEY, Part 1: “He Died Hard”

Friday, January 2, 2015
By Phil Elmore
DETECTIVE MOXLEY, Part 1: “He Died Hard”

“Well,” said Moxley, “he died hard. No argument there.” Siengold narrow-eyed the detective for all he was worth.  Siengold was a Goop; he was supposed to hate private detectives. Like so many of the government operatives, however, he took real pleasure in this particular... »

Fighting Patterns of Kuntao and Silat

Monday, October 20, 2014
By Phil Elmore
Fighting Patterns of Kuntao and Silat

There is a distinct dearth of books on Liu Seong Gung Fu in general and Liu Seong Kuntao in particular. While there are a few, the art of Willem Reeders remains elusive and, for the most part, available only through in-person instruction from schools... »


Singham

Thursday, August 21, 2014
By Phil Elmore
Singham

Bajirao Singham’s “style of working” (hang on while I put on my Aviator sunglasses) is not a style, so much, as a mandate, where that mandate is to do... »

Singham Returns

Wednesday, August 20, 2014
By Phil Elmore
Singham Returns

“Singham Returns,” which comes on the heels of 2011’s “Singham,” is not a movie.  Rather, it is an experience, in which director Rohit Shetty’s vision of a tight-panted, tight-shirted,... »

Smooth Criminal: Good-Looking Men, the Internet, and Feminists

Sunday, June 29, 2014
By Phil Elmore
Smooth Criminal: Good-Looking Men, the Internet, and Feminists

“The hottie mugshot proves that crime pays—if you’re a man,” sniffs The Daily Dot. Chris Osterndorf, writing for the Internet gossip sheet, further laments that the viral mugshot photo... »